Bath-tub attachment.



G. A. LHOMMEDIEU.

BATH TUB ATTACHMENT.4

APPLmATIoN FILED Mmmm, 1914.

Patented July 21, 1914.

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GEORGE A. LHOMMEDIEU, OF ATLANTIC CTY, NEW' JERSEY.

BATH-TUB ATTACHMENT.

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Application filed March 2l, 1914.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, GEORGE A. Ll-loMMn- DIEU,a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the countyof Attlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful lmprovements-in Bath-T ub Attachments, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to bath tubs.

The object of the invention is, in a ready, practical and inexpensivemanner, and without adding materially to its cost of production, or inany way detracting from its appearance, to adapt a bath tub forsuspendnizg various bath room accessories, such as towels, a bath rug, abrush, a dust pan, a hot water bottle and the like, in positions wherethey will be readily accessible when needed for use, and yet be out ofthe way, thus to avoid contact between such articles and a personcleaning around or under the tub. l

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same lconsists, generallystated, in combining with the underside of the roll rim of the bath tub,a plurality of brackets which are preferably cast integral with the rimand are designed to support a rod or rods from which may be suspendedthe various accessories usually found in a well equipped bath room. rlhebrackets at the sides of the tub will be of ring form, while those atthe ends will be of hook form, the object of this arrangement being inthe first place to permit the assemblage with the side brackets straightrods, and in the second place to permit assemblage with the end bracketsof curved rods conforming in contour to that of the ends of the tub.These rods, in themselves, may constitute a suspending means for variousarticles, such as towels, wash rags, bath rugs and the like, but as amatter of further and specific improvement, it is preferred to combinewith the rods at the sides of the tub, swinging racks for supportingtextile articles, while the rods at the ends of the tub may havecombined with them hooks from which may be suspended brushes, a dustpan, a water bag or the like. Generally, it will be preferred to furnishthe bath tub equipped with the rods and hangers and hooks, but it is tobe understood that the invention is not to be limited Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 2li, fail-'ia Serial No. 826,324.

thereto, as the tub may be sold with the brackets combined with the rim,and the various dealers furnish the tub with such suspending1 means asmay be in demand. Substantially the same idea can be carried out inconnection with a stationary wash basin having a roll rim, as willhereinafter appear. I

Further and more specific details of construction will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts:Figure l is a view in vertical longitudinal section through a bath tubequipped with the improvements of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a topplanr view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of one portion ofthe attachment. Fig. d is a similar view of another portion thereof.Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, displaying themanner in which. a towel rack is combined with the bath tub attachment.Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the ideaapplied to a stationary wash basin. yFig. 7 is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, B designates an ordinary enamel bath tub andR the roll rim thereof. Cast integral with the tub and the rim is aseries of brackets which are arranged at the sides and ends of the tub,and of which any desired number may be employed, in the present instancefour of the brackets being shown at each side of the tub and one at eachlend thereof. The brackets l at the sides of the tub are arranged injuxtaposed pairs and are of ring form, that is to say are provided witha circular orifice 2, while those at the end of the tub are eachprovided with a hook lt is desired that these brackets shall be sodisposed relative to the rim as not to detract from the appearance ofthe tub, so that the inclusion of such an improvement can be no cause ofobjection to a purchaser.

Engaging the two intermediate brackets at each side of the tub is a rodor bar 4l, which will preferably be tubular, and has its terminalsthreaded te be engaged by nuts 5 by which the bar is held in position.Loosely mounted upon each of these bars, or on one as may be preferred,is a pair of hangers 6, the upper ends of which are pro- With the hookedbracket 3, and having itsk ends passed through the tivoadjacent-exterior brackets 1, and held in position by nuts screwed onits ends, the rod'lQ being curved to conform to the head of the tub andbeing similarly combinedl with the tivo exterior brackets 1.

To adapt the structure for supporting small articles such as brushes, adust pan or the like, hooks 13 are furnished, the upper end of the shankof each. of Which is provided vvith an eye 14, one or more of thesehooks being disposed at the liead or foot of the tub, and beingsuspended by they eye respectively from the rods 11 and 12.

ln carrying the invention into effect in connection with a stationaryWash basin Shaving a roll rim, such as are new oommonly employed, thefront Wall 15 of the rim, as shown in Fig. 6 will be provided with ahook bracket 16, and the rear Wall 17 with tWo eye brackets 18, anddisposed `Within' the roll and engaging at its bend with the hook 16 isa U-shaped rod 19, the terminals of Which are threaded and projiectthroiif'gh the openings in the brackets 18. The threaded terminals arelengaged by nuts 20 Which, by being turned up tightly` against the lugswill exert a tension upon the rod and cause its bend firmly to engageWith L lthe" bracket 16, and thus hold the rod in place againstaccidental disconnection from I the basin.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that While theimprovements herein defined are simple in character, they Will bethoroughly efficient in the productionl of a novel andv desirableYattachment for a bath tub, and further that the' adoption yof such meanswill not materially add? tothe cost of manufacture or" they tub.

' I claim:

1. The combination with the roll rim of a bath tub, of bracketsdisposedy Within the rim, thosel at the sides of the tub being of ringform and those at the ends of hook form.

2. The combination With the roll rim of a bath tub, of brackets disposedWithin the rim, and sectional-- rods engaging the brackets. y K

3. A lavatorial appliancev provided With a roll rim and with hook andeye brackets disposed' Within the rim, a rod arranged to engage thebrackets, and nuts carried by the terminals of the rods to secure thelatter in position. En testimony whereof l hereunto aiiix my signaturein the presence of tvvo Witnesses.

GEORGE A. LHOMMEDEUL.

Witnesses:

FRED. BARTLETT, @HAS- Al. BARTLETT.

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